Education

Exceptional Education

At PCMA, we believe lifelong learning is the key to a satisfying job and successful career. Through innovative experiential learning sessions, extraordinary networking opportunities, and high-level discussions on the industry's most challenging issues, you'll discover how PCMA's educational offerings can give you the tools to make smarter decisions and advance your career.

Customize Your Professional Development

PCMA's education programs are guided by the Principles of Professional Performance to bring you the most relevant and timely educational programs. Through programs offered by PCMA's headquarter office and 16 North American chapters, you'll have the opportunity to participate in breakthrough educational programs targeted to your area of interest. PCMA's educational programs are also categorized under the following experience levels to provide you with the tools you need to succeed through every stage of your career:

Executive Education - for experienced industry executives, designed to enhance your strategic leadership abilities within your organization and the industry.

Professional Education - providing leaders at all career levels with the "how-to" or best practices and innovative solutions to the challenges you face today.

Essential Education - designed to provide key concepts and industry research updates that are indispensable to successful meeting management

LEARN FACE-TO-FACE
Join us each January for the PCMA Annual Meeting, widely regarded as the most comprehensive educational event in the industry. Then join industry leaders mid-year at the PCMA Leadership Conference, for three days of innovative education and extraordinary networking events designed to hone your leadership skills. Get exclusive MBA-level training at a fraction of the cost with PCMA's highly-acclaimed Executive Edge program, and hear from acknowledged thought leaders on issues that affect the industry through the popular Masters Series.

LEARN ONLINE
Time-starved, but still face the challenges of improving the quality and effectiveness of your meetings? Leverage the flexibility of PCMA's online programs to catch up on the latest industry trends…at your convenience. Get the best educational content (and CEU credit) from PCMA's events through PCMA's Live Learning Center. Get "Info-on-the-Go!" through PCMA's new Webinar series which is led by industry experts on topics you face every day. Access the archives of the award-winning Convene^® magazine, and get over 300 downloadable summaries of cutting-edge ideas business books through PCMA Executive Book Summaries by SOUNDVIEW^®.

Earn a Designation

Distinguish yourself among your peers and gain a professional advantage with the Certified Meeting Professional^® (CMP^®) and Certified Association Sales Executive^® (CASE^®) designations and Certified Association Sales Executive^® (CASE^®) designations.

Follow Best Practices

Equip yourself and your staff with expert advice from Professional Meeting Management^® and other cutting-edge publications. Access PCMA's new Meeting Management Resources, for timely links and resources with solutions to the challenges that impact you most, and streamline your business practices with the APEX Meeting and Event Toolbox.

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